Clone Repository in Container Volume list previously cloned repositories

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Since Jun 23, 2026.

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I am a user who has a repo with a devcontainer. I have designed the container to require no dependencies on startup (can start in a fresh directory without concern). I frequently want to work on multiple features and utilize Clone Repository into Container Volume for this. However, this requires me to type in the git repo url every single time I want to do this.

I am requesting a faster way to handle the workflow of creating another ephemeral devcontainer of a previously used repository.

I have two proposed paths to achieve a more efficient workflow for this:

  • Having a dropdown of recently used repositories (with potentially a way to star ones to always show up) that shows under the git url field in the existing Clone Repository into Container Volume popup. These values would need to be persisted at the level of the user running VSCode
  • The ability to "open a fork of my current devcontainer": If I am already in a devcontainer, support detecting the repo that is in use for it and support another copy of the repo directly into another ephemeral devcontainer
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